cuckoo

That a documentary has never been nominated for the best picture Oscar is cuckoo bananas, pure and simple.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

This is beyond crackpots, this is cuckoo coup territory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

And that has momentum traders going cuckoo for qubits.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

Still, I support Harrelson and Stewart signing on to a project this cuckoo.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

Of course it’s a cuckoo, here to rescue a crazy person.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon

Among the more poignant moments, Charles laments the loss of wildlife at Highgrove, noting when he first moved in there nearly five decades ago he would hear cuckoos and see grasshoppers.

From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026

These efforts have helped protect a refuge for birds including willow flycatchers and yellow-billed cuckoos.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2024

There are two variants of female cuckoos: a gray morph that looks like a sparrowhawk, and a rufous morph.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024

Pigeons, meanwhile, which were originally thought to be cousins with flamingos, belong to an entirely different branch and actually bear a much stronger genetic resemblance to cuckoos.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 31, 2024

A cacophony of tick-tocks and cuckoos filled the space, and she felt like she was inside a clock itself.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

She said she was cuckooed for months, and became "a prisoner in my own home".

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

When the BBC visited the London properties with the Met police, officers said squalid conditions were the norm when it comes to cuckooed premises.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

During the week of action, 904 of these "cuckooed" homes were visited by law enforcement, and 1,138 vulnerable people were safeguarded, including 573 children.

From BBC ● May 26, 2021

When William Butler Yeats paid his first visit to that high priestess of occultism, Madame Blavatsky, the lady's pet cuckoo came out of a broken Swiss clock and cuckooed at him.

From Time Magazine Archive

The clock in the kitchen had just cuckooed three times.

From The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies by Ridgwell Cullum

Ahead of the implementation of the law change, the BBC accompanied London's Metropolitan Police as officers visited suspected cuckooing properties and witnessed shocking signs of squalor.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

Positive Steps was recently awarded £344,000 to expand its cuckooing service, which had previously only been operating with one dedicated staff member, Gillian Anderson.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2024

Earlier this month, Northamptonshire Police issued an appeal to tackle the "increasing problem" of cuckooing.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2018

Mr Hopkins said these people will often find a place where they can stay in the targeted town, including taking over another person's property - a practice known as "cuckooing".

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2018

The bands of searchers set off in eight different directions, shouting, hallooing, cuckooing, and making every kind of call likely to attract the child's attention.

From The School by the Sea by Angela Brazil